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. 2016 Mar 4;4:19–27. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2016.02.004

Table 2.

Weighted characteristics of participants aged 20–75 years by race/ethnicitya

Men NHANES White NHANES Black NHANES Hispanic CARRS Asian Indian
N 1481 736 994 2067
Age (mean year) 46.0 ± 0.6 43.0 ± 0.6 39.5 ± 0.5 42.4 ± 0.5
(44.9,47.2) (41.9,44.1) (38.5,40.5) (41.6,43.8)
Height (mean cm)b 178.3 ± 0.3 176.7 ± 0.3 171.3 ± 0.3 164.5 ± 0.2
(177.8,178.9) (176.1,177.1) (170.5,171.7) (163.9,164.7)
Weight (mean kg)b 91.4 ± 0.8 89.9 ± 0.9 85.9 ± 0.8 65.5 ± 0.4
(90.3,92.6) (88.0,91.7) (84.2,87.5) (64.8,66.2)
BMI (mean kg/m2)b 28.8 ± 0.2 28.6 ± 0.3 29.0 ± 0.2 24.2 ± 0.1
(28.4,29.1) (28.1,29.4) (28.8,29.7) (24.0,24.5)
Waist circumference (mean cm)b 102.6 ± 0.6 97.5 ± 0.7 101.4 ± 0.6 87.0 ± 0.4
(101.3,103.2) (96⋅7,99⋅5) (100.2,102.6) (86.7,88.1)
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)b 5.9 ± 0.1 6.0 ± 0.1 6.3 ± 0.1 6.1 ± 0.1
(5.8,6.0) (5.8,6.2) (6.1,6.5) (6.0,6.3)
2-hr glucose (mmol/L)b 6.1 ± 0.1 6.2 ± 0.1 6.9 ± 0.1 6.7 ± 0.1
(5.9,6.3) (6.0,6.5) (6.6,7.2) (6.4,6.9)
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)b 2.5 ± 0.3 2.4 ± 0.4 2.7 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.2
(2.4,2.6) (2.3,2.5) (2.6,2.8) (2.0. 2.1)
Log HOMA-IR (µIU/mL × mmol/L)b 1.1 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.5 1.3 ± 0.6 0.6 ± 0.2
(1.0,1.2) (0.9,1.1) (1.2,1.5) (0.6,0.7)
Log HOMA-β (µIU/mL/mmol/L)b 4.8 ± 0.3 4.6 ± 0.5 4.8 ± 0.3 4.5 ± 0.3
(4.7,4.8) (4.5,4.7) (4.7,4.8) (4.5,4.6)
Women NHANES White NHANES Black NHANES Hispanic CARRS Asian Indian
N 1418 818 1065 2800
Age (mean year) 46.8 ± 0.4 43.7 ± 0.6 41.1 ± 0.6 40.4 ± 0.4
(45.9,47.7) (42.5,44.9) (39.9,42.2) (39.6,41.3)
Height (mean cm)b 164.0 ± 0.3 164.0 ± 0.3 157.8 ± 0.3 150.6 ± 0.1
(163.6,164.6) (163.3,164.4) (156.9,158.0) (150.3,150.9)
Weight (mean kg)b 76.4 ± 0.6 86.3 ± 0.9 73.5 ± 0.6 62.0 ± 0.4
(75.2,77.5) (84.6,88.1) (72.2,74.7) (61.3,62.7)
BMI (mean kg/m2)b 28.5 ± 0.2 32.0 ± 0.3 29.3 ± 0.3 27.3 ± 0.1
(27.9,28.8) (31.4,32.7) (29.1,30.2) (27.0,27.6)
Waist circumference (mean cm)b 95.5 ± 0.5 100.7 ± 0.7 95.6 ± 0.6 83.7 ± 0.4
(94.2,96.3) (99.6,102.5) (95.3,98.0) (83.0,84.5)
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)b 5.5 ± 0.0 5.9 ± 1.0 5.9 ± 1.0 6.3 ± 1.0
(5.4,5.6) (5.7,6.1) (5.7,6.0) (6.1,6.4)
2-hr glucose (mmol/L)b 6.2 ± 1.0 6.3 ± 0.1 6.9 ± 1.0 6.9 ± 1.0
(6.1,6.4) (6.1,6.5) (6.7,7.2) (6.7,7.1)
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)b 2.4 ± 0.4 2.7 ± 0.5 2.6 ± 0.5 2.2 ± 0.2
(2.4,2.5) (2.6,2.8) (2.5,2.7) (2.1,2.2)
Log HOMA-IR (µIU/mL × mmol/L)b 1.0 ± 0.5 1.3 ± 0.6 1.2 ± 0.5 0.8 ± 0.2
(0.9,1.1) (1.2,1.4) (1.1,1.3) (0.7,0.8)
Log HOMA-β (µIU/mL/mmol/L)b 4.8 ± 0.4 5.0 ± 0.5 4.9 ± 0.6 4.5 ± 0.3
(4.7,4.9) (4.9,5.0) (4.7,4.9) (4.4,4.5)
a

Values represent mean, ± SE,and 95% CI.

b

Values are adjusted for age.